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shelfmark:"Bodl ms. Heb a 2/3"
Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. There are also two lines in Arabic script. Mentions a ruqʿa for Ṭāhir; Ḥabs Bunān; Abū l-Samḥ; Manṣūr.
No Scholarship Records
Conveys greetings from Abū ʿAlī. Refers to "al-naqāḍāt" (אלנקאצ̇את), meaning uncertain (naqḍ or manqūḍ can refer to clipped/inferior coins).
One of the only readily legible phrases is a reference to "al-amīr al-juyūsh" (אלאמיר אלגיוש).
On verso reused for accounts. Also reused for various pen trials.
Medical prescription in Arabic script (e.g. "wa-yuṣaffā ʿalā ūqīyyatayn sharāb"). The diet recommended at the end is something boiled and seasoned with sweet almond oil.
The addressee is called [...] al-Muwaffaqī [...] al-Malikī(?). Verso: Letter fragment in Judaeo-Arabic.
Short note from Abū l-ʿAlā' al-Muʿallim to Abū Saʿīd urging him to send the money quickly because the writer urgently needs to pay the capitation tax.
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Verso: The same note as on the preceding shelfmark, for Abū l-Najm the Parnas to give bread to the bearer. There are also two introductory lines of a letter to Moshe the Judge.
Legal document written by a Muslim notary on parchment related to the sale of property, with description of the location. Mentions ʿAlī b. Zakariyā b. Muḥammad b. Sharḥ al-Muʿaddil of Fustat.
The preserved text is from Sūra al-Shuʿarāʾ (26:216-227) to Sūra al-Naml (27:1-9).
Goes on to list various transactions and also mention a debt to Muʿammar.
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Letter from Abu al-Hayy b. Barhun Khalila, in al-Mahdiyya, to Barhun b.
כתאבי אליך יאכי וסידי ואלעזיז עלי אטאל אללה בקאך ואדאם סלאמתך וסעאדתך וכאן לך וליא וחאפטא
ואגתת אעדאך מן אלמהדיה יום אלכמיס לי בקין מן מרחש…
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The addressee may be named Sutayta. Also mentions Isḥāq
Verso (secondary use): Accounts in Judaeo-Arabic. Mentioning Makārim al-N[...]; the Qodesh; a house; sums collected; payments for two months to the collector of ground tax (al-ḥikrī).
Letter sent from Alexandria by Ismail b. Farah to a member of the Tāhartī Family in Fustat, containing details about goods and ships.
On verso there is one word preserved: "al-Dalāl" (a woman's name) or "al-Dallāl" (the broker).
(Information from CUDL; see also A. David's edition and description on FGP.)
Mentions transactions with gallnuts (ʿafṣ) in Alexandria; and Abū Sahl Menashshe. Needs further examination.
Asking the addressee to urgently deliver the שתייה, perhaps the equivalent of sharāb or medicinal syrup. There are also two lines of undeciphered Arabic script at 90 degrees.
The remainder reads like a literary text, but merits further examination; letter is also possible.
Letter from Abū Zikrī Kohen to Abū l-Ḥasan b. Maʿālī al-Dimashqī. Almost nothing is preserved apart from the opening and the address.
Small fragment of a state document in Arabic script: "al-Anjab(?) Sulṭān al-[...].... ṣāḥabtuhū ilayhi..."
by or with Dāwūd b. [S]ālimal-Khayyāṭ to R. Yeḥiel the Judge, including a manāra and a sirāj and a maḍraba.
The future husband is taking upon himself not to harm his wife. Also the trustworthiness stipulation appears. AA
The remaining text on recto is almostall formulaic. On verso, Mudallala bt. [Yehudah?]
List of contributors (end), almostall names known early 11th century. Included: The elders the Tasatira (Tustaris); the rest, mostly bankers.
Recto (secondary use): drafts of documents in Judaeo-Arabic with biblical quotations such as Deuteronomy 17:7. Also mentions Abū l-Surūr, Peraḥya and Barhūn. (Information from CUDL.)
Small fragment of a state document: "... al-awḥad Fakhr(?) al-Mulk ʿUm[...]...." Reused on recto for Hebrew text (parts of Psalms 27:1?).
Letter, possibly a query concerning the slaughtering of a chicken. Mentions "al-ṣāḥib," then "the slave (=I) said to him," then "I/you slaughtered all the chickens."
Fragment from a letter, mentioning a certain Yosef and Fusṭāṭ. Also mentions "finding khalwa," which could refer either to a mystical retreat or a beehive.
List of typical trousseau items with Hebrew numerals, on f. 1r jottings with names such as Shela, Sitt al-Baq[ā?], ʿAmram, al-Maʿānī and ‘the groom’. (Information from CUDL)
The one on verso may be addressed to 'al-shaykh al-nafīs.' Unclear how much of the substance is preserved.
Phrases on recto include "... wa-an yakūn... al-alqāb imtithāl amr mālik..." The handwriting is reminiscent of Maimonides but probably not his.
Part of one line is preserved, referring to "al-abwāb al-sharīfa" and throwing people in jail (الى الابواب الشريفة واعتقلوهم في السجن).
Letter to David Ben-Naim in Alexandria from his father Meir Ben-Naim in Cairo. Dated 26 Heshvan [5]580 AM (קף) which is 1819 CE.
The verso mentions the surname Babones (באבוניש) as part of the phrase, "in the hand of" "in possession of". There is also reference to "soap" (sabon) on the verso. Requires further examination.
; meat; cinnamon; cumin; laundry. There are also ohter jottings and pen trials.
Record of an monetary transaction involving Abū Al-Faraj al-Dimyati (who might be Nethanel Halevi, Halfon's father) , and mentioning bread (recto); Arabic letter (?
Possibly jottings, including a basmala followed by "yatafaḍḍal mawlāy al-shaykh al-ajall," which then appears to trail off.
Verso: Receipt for Abū l-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd al-Yahūdī al-Ḥarīrī for a payment of 3 dirhams.
Legal note, probably for the drawing up of a proper document. In Arabic script. ʿAllun b. Ḥasan b. [...]ṭā al-Ṣayrafī owes 70 dinars to Mūsā b.
Brief note from Avraham Maimonides (r. 1205–1237 CE) to al-Shaykh al-Raṣuy, asking him to take care for the oil, probably for lighting the synagogue.
On verso there is a remnant of an earlier document, an iqrār made by ʿAbd al-Karīm b . [...] b. Muḥammad al-[...].
The end of the basmala is visible and the name ʿAlī b. al-Khiḍr(?) in l. 3. It is unclear if/how the text on verso is related.
Small fragment from an Arabic text mentioning an opulent place surrounded by trees, also mentioning a sapphire. Probably the same text as T-S NS 306.165 (but not a direct join).
Mentions a canal (khalīj). Also mentions the kiswa twice. The hand is very similar to ENA NS 50.5.
Recto: Official letter mentioning the kharāj and agriculture. Also mentions khafāra and a Coptic name Yāfus. Dating: before September 1013.
On verso there is a basmala and a draft of the opening of a letter, also in Arabic script.
"I want to come to you, but I don't know the way." He has also sent something which he wants the son to work on very carefully (wa-ʿaqlak bi-l-ghalaṭ) for Abū l-Faraj Ibn al-Dajājī, evidently for Abū l-Faraj's son, since he then writes that "his son's name is—"; he then switches into Hebrew for the blessing for a son (ha-malʾakh ha-goʾel) and reveals the name to be Shelomo b. […] T-S AS 181.158 for a similar bialphabetic letter which also switches into Hebrew for "יברך את הנערים."
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The approximate time period is established by the mention of Yaʾir ha-Nadiv Peʾer ha-Qahal, who also appears in T-S 28.6 (1070s). This document is dated in the opening lines Thursday, 21 Elul, year not preserved. The last three lines indicate that the document was signed (although this copy doesn't appear to be signed) and given to the parties Saʿd and Yaʿaqov on Thursday, 4 Ḥeshvan [..]94. […] The case concerns Sahl b. Faraj al-Ghazzī and a sizeable sum of investment capital (over 45 dinars).